IN SEARCH OF THE NEANDERTHALS : Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins

Gamble, Clive; Stringer, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0500050708 / ISBN 13: 9780500050705

Published by Thames & Hudson, New York, NY, 1993

About this Item

BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Thus. Gilt embossed brown linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. On ancestry of modern man. In 1856 bones of a possible pre-modern human were found in Neader Valley, Germany. The relationship between the 35,000 year-old low-browed, heavy-limbed creature and man has been much debated since, giving rise to "Multregional 1" versus "Out of Africa 2" schools. Here, English anthropologists Stringer & Gamble argue for the "Out of Africa 2" scenario. 247 pgs w/183 illustrations, in 9 chapters: 1, Who Where the Neanderthals?; 2, The Ice Age World; 3, Neanderthal Beginnings; 4, Portrait of a Neanderthal; 5, Humans at Crossroads: The Middle East Corridor; 6, The Dark Continent & Beyond: The Origin of Homo Sapiens; 7, Archaelogy of the Ancients; 8, The Fate of the Neanderthals; and 9, Close Kin or Distant Relatives?, followed by Epilogue abd Appendix.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: IN SEARCH OF THE NEANDERTHALS : Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500050708
• ISBN 13: 9780500050705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st American Edition, First Thus
• Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEW
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Science/Technology
  • Anthropology/Ethnology

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Synopsis

A survey of the current anthropological and archeological knowledge about Neanderthals examines their relationship to modern humans

Reviews

Compared with Erik Trinkhaus and Pat Shipman's The Neandertals ( LJ 12/92), which traces the history of Neanderthal discoveries, this book is more concerned with current interpretations of the fossil record. English anthropologists Stringer and Gamble hope to settle the controversy over the Neanderthals' proper branch on humanity's family tree by taking their case to a general audience. They marshall the evidence in favor of the "Out of Africa 2" scenario, contending that Neanderthal populations in Europe and the Middle East were replaced by a second African migration between 130,000 and 50,000 years ago. Neanderthals, therefore, are not directly ancestral to modern humans. The authors make a strong case for their interpretations, but they offer little more than a caricature of competing theories. Still, this is an important and readable book, with many good illustrations. Recommended for academic and public libraries.
- Eric Hinsdale, Trinity Univ. Lib., San Antonio
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